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Barbara Boxer

I must be doing something right. I was raised to stand up to the bully in the schoolyard, and you don’t lose that.
BARBARA BOXER

Bully Loses Raised
The Saudi government’s denial of basic rights to women is not only wrong, it hurts Saudi Arabia’s economic development, modernization and prosperity.
BARBARA BOXER

Government Hurt Rights
I think Democrats are right. We fight for the American dream, for the environment, for privacy rights, a woman’s right to choose, a good public education system.
BARBARA BOXER

Dream Fighting Thinking
We have to be realistic about what we can achieve in Afghanistan. The notion that the United States can build a Western-style democracy there is a myth
BARBARA BOXER

Democracy Style United States
I was a stock broker once. I think there is an absolute place for market investments. But they should never be the basis of one’s retirement. They should be an additional piece on top of a basic, secure, guaranteed retirement benefit.
BARBARA BOXER

Pieces Retirement Thinking
Nothing is alarmist with Donald Trump because you don’t really know what he’s going to do.
BARBARA BOXER

Alarmists Knows Trump
We have the greatest hospitals, doctors, and medical technology in the world – we need to make them accessible to every American.
BARBARA BOXER

Doctors Needs Technology
Who knows when Donald Trump will have a press conference? Maybe he’s just going to stay in Trump Tower and issue tweets – you know, gold-plated tweets to the American people. It’s scary.
BARBARA BOXER

Issues People Scary
Voting against the resolution authorizing the use of military force in Iraq was one of my proudest moments as a senator. It is long past time to close this tragic chapter in American history.
BARBARA BOXER

Country Military Past
Really, life is complicated enough without having a bunch of Senators deciding what we should do in the privacy of our own homes.
BARBARA BOXER

Home Life Privacy
The Violence Against Women Act protects the lives of tens of thousands of domestic violence victims. But the U.S. must also support gender equality around the world, and that means acknowledging that some nations we consider to be our friends are no friends to women.
BARBARA BOXER

Domestic Mean Support Violence
More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity
BARBARA BOXER

Country Dignity Thinking
With so many of our fundamental rights hanging in the balance, it is not good enough to simply roll the dice, hoping a nominee has changed his past views. It’s not good enough to think, ‘This is the best we can expect from this president’.
BARBARA BOXER

Past Rights Thinking
The press is critical at this time, and if you look at history, this is so critical.
BARBARA BOXER

Critical Looks Time
Our message will be that we’re going to make federal government buildings a model – an energy-efficient model – and also start matching grants for cities and counties so that they can also do the same with their government buildings.
BARBARA BOXER

Cities Government Messages
I think we have to stop using the expression “alt-right.” It’s ridiculous. It’s racist, fascist, nationalist.
BARBARA BOXER

Expression Racist Thinking

Every citizen of this country should be guaranteed that their vote matters, that their vote is counted, and that in the voting booth, their vote has a much weight as that of any CEO, any member of Congress, or any President.

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